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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
The mother of Sandra (the bride) tells her grandson to be quiet during the wedding ceremony. Sandra (spanish) marries Carlos (ecuatorian) in Barcelona and they move to live in Ecuador with Carlos' 3 old year son Antoni. After a couple months Carlos said that he "didn't get used to" Ecuador and the family decided to move back to Barcelona again. They now live in one of the suburbs of Barcelona and Carlos works within the construction sector. His father (in the black suit) has however moved back to Ecuador and has built 2 houses and started a company that rents construction machinery.
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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
Danny and Emilio in the house of Emilo's mother (Paquita) before lunch. The economic crisis in 2008 affected them very hard because Danny was not able to find a full-time job and either Emilio, as he sufer from epilepsy. Emilio decided to sell his summer house in Costa Brava in Barcelona in order to be able to buy a new house in the Dominican Republic. Danny and Emilio later moved to live in the Dominican Republic with Danny's her 3 dauthers. Unfortunately the move was delayed more than a year becuase Emilio's mother didn't let him go. Emilio and Danny flew to the Dominican Republic this summer but had to come back to Barcelona again because Emilio's mother passed away. Unfortunately, when they got to back to the Dominican Republic, Emilio fell into a health crisis and passed away this November. Danny is now living both in the United States and the Dominican Republic with his 3 dauthers.
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  • Carlos (in the mirrow) from Ecuador supervises his friend Agustín from Paraguay during the renovation of a kitchen in a Barcelona apartment. Carlos came to Barcelona in 2000 to join his wife Flor who arrived 2 years earlier. When Flor came to Spain she worked to be able to send money in order for her family to come and join her. After one year living in a flat with 25 other persons, Carlos and Flor got their papers and were able to rent a flat and bring they 2 sons. Now Carlos has a small construction company and Flor keeps working in the same house since 1998.  Ecuatorians is the biggest group of latinamericans in Barcelona and in Spain. Official statistics estimate that there are between 350.000 to 500.000 ecuatorians in the country.
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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
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Spain is recognized as one of the new immigration countries in Europe. Since 1996 this country has changed dramatically from having been a country that people left to be a country that people move to. During the past 10 years, thank's to the rapid growth of the construction and service sectors, the population with foreign decent has increased and now amounts to 13,5% of the country's total population. The majority of the new citizens of Spain have come from Latin America, primarily from Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and the Dominican Republic. It is estimated that there are around 6 million foreigners in Spain and Barcelona is the second city to has a largest latin american community. In Barcelona it is estimated that 18% of the population is immigrated. Ten years ago, the immigrants were the answer to Barcelona growing economy, but as a consequence of the crisis that hit Spain in 2008 the immigrants are now rather seen as the source of the economic problems. This story aims at portraying the daily life of the new citizens of Barcelona on order to widen the discussion about the immigrants and their role in the society. This story is part of a documentary photo project called The new citizens of Barcelona and has been published in 2010 by several media like: Mondaphoto of Mexico, the newspaper El Telegrafo and Expreso from Ecuador and the photodocumentary latin american magazine Sueno de la Razón. <br />
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The face of Danny Rosado from the Dominican Republic reflects in the glass of the window of the train that takes her to her home in Barcelona. Danny came to Barcelona in 2003 and started to work as a domestic assistant. In 2008 she got married to Emilio (spanish) and moved with him to  a single room in a shared apartment  with an ecuatorian family living in Cornella. After she moved to live with her husband, she worked taking care of her mother in law who had Alzheimer's disease.
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  • Intercultural Celebration in Barcelona.<br />
Today Barcelona is the most cosmopiltan city in Spain. They are more then 170 diferent nationalities living side by side in the city. 18% of the total population is estimated to be of foreign decent. Knowing this, the local government (la Generalitat) has developed an intercultural program in order to help to stimulate social cohesion and harmony in the city. This is a view of different cultural manifestations celebrated by the most prominent immigrant collectives in Barcelona.<br />
A folkloric company from Colombia dance in a replica of the Barranquilla Carnaval in the avenue of Paralel in the neighbourhood of Sants.
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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
A "ahumadora" lights incense during the peruvian religious prosecion called: "El Cristo de los Milagros" (the Christ of the Miracles) in El Raval in Barcelona. Every year since 1994 the peruvian collective hosts this procession in Barcelona, not just in honor of the story of this crucifix, that miraculously survived an earthquake in Perú in the XVIII century, but also in memory of the peruvian culture and country.
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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
Celebration of the New Year in the house of Carlos Quiñonez from Ecuador. Carlos (in the center) is dancing with his cousin and next to him is his sister in law with the husband (spanish) of his other cousin. Carlos and other members of the family Quiñones has been able to move 27 family members from Ecuador to Barcelona. All this was possibles because the spanish government gave the possibility to get your papers if you had a job offer, and this in it's turn made it possible to apply for family regroupment. When Carlos came in 2000, there was a lot of job offers and it was very easy to get a job contract. <br />
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The case of the ecuatorians in Spain is very important and unique. There is no other collective from South America that exceeds the ecuatorian collective in number or time for arriving to Spain. Is estimated that in one year, between 700.000 to 1,000.000 ecuatorian citizens left Ecuador for Europe and EEUU due to the economic crisis that was kicked off by the collapse of the private finacial sector in 1999. Spain was the preferred migration destiny for the ecuatorians. Barcelona is the city with the second largest ecuatorian population in Spain, (Madrid has the largest population).
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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
From an economical perspective, the growth of the construction sector in Spain and the extensive demand for low-cost workers for the service sectors, where the mosts important factors when analysing the migratory flows of the 90's. On the other hand, the South American countries where at the same time facing different economical, political and social crisis, that are also important to consider in order to fully understand the attraction and expulsion factors creating the migratory flows. During the first 10 years of receiving migrants, Spain's economical system didn't give any signals of possible future bubbles and the immigration was perceived as nothing but necessary. However in 2008, when the crisis hit the situation changed drastically and the spanish economy could no longer absorb all the immigrated labour force. In less than a year the unemployment rate in Spain rose to 15% and when entering enter 2010 it reached 20% of the work force. It is estimated that more than 5,000.000 people are unemployed in Spain. It is also estimated that 26% of the unemployed are immigrants. In contrast to before, immigrants are now an easy escape goat for all current problems.<br />
In this picture an ecuatorian worker is cleaning a venue after the mexican independence celebration in Barcelona.
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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
Galdis from Ecuador is holding his firts born son in his arms in his beth room. She and her housband Darwin came to Barcelona in 2000 and both started to work without legal permissions. Darwin was working within the construction sector and Gladis was cleaning houses. They had to live in clandestinity for more then a year until the government decided to start a program to regulate all "illegal" immigrants in the country. After having achieved their papers, Darwin and Gladis were able to rent an apartment and get full-time work contracts. They decided to have a child and gave him a catalan name, Joan. In 2008, the Spanish government reveal that the birthrate in all the country was increasing thanks of the immigration.
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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
One of the most crowded events in Barcelona, hosted by the latinamerican collectives is the celebration of the independency from Spain in the 19th century. Every year countries like Ecuador, Perú and Colombia, together with the local government, organise this event in the Forum Plaza. The event offers music, dance, tipical food, folklore and celebrities from South America, who come particularily for this occasion. It is estimated that each county's independence celebraton gathers about 35.000 people. In this picture - the celebration of the peruvian collective.
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  • Danny Rosado y Emilio en el tren que los lleva a su casa de verano en Lloret de Mar en la Costa Brava en Barcelona.
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  • Una persona de origen marroquí se encuentra tendido en el piso luego de haber sido apuñalado con un cuchillo por otra persona de origen colombiano en medio de un partido de fútbol en el pueblo de Sitges en Barcelona.
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  • Dissanayake Mudiyanselage M. Milan de Sri Lanka durante la clasificación en el concurso de salto de altura masculino en el cuarto día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 13 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Atletas en la final de los 800 metros masculinos  durante el quinto día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 14 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Atletas durante la serie de clasificación de los 100 metros femeninos en el primer día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 10 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Sade Mariah Greenidge de Barbados se lamenta en el suelo tras caer en la penúltima valla en la semifinal de los 100 metros vallas femeninos en el quinto día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 14 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Alex Chapelle de Francia durante la clasificación en el concurso de pertiga durante el primer día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 10 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Atletas saltan el foso durante la final de los 3000 metros obstaculos femeninos en el quinto día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 14 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Atletas toman la salida en su serie de clasificación en los 100 metros vallas durante el cuarto día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 13 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Alphas Leken de Kenya compite en solitario en la serie de clasificación del los 400 metros masculinos en el segundo día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 11 de Julio del 2012. Alphas Leken presentño una reclamación por no haber funcionado el dispositivo de audio en sus tacos de salida. Los jueves aceptaron su reclamación y tuvo que correr al final del día solo contra el corno. Necesitando correr por debajo de 46,17 segundos para clasificarse para la final. Lo consiguió.
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  • Atletas durante la clasificacion de los 4x100 relevos femeninos en el cuarto día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 13 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Eric Futch de Estado Unidos se concentra momentos previos a la salida de su serie de clasificación en los 400 metros vallas durante el segundo día de 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 11 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Erica Bougard de Estados Unidos compite en la prueba de lanzamiento de javalina del heptalon en el cuarto día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 13 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Javon Francis de Jamaica (I) y Aldrich Bailey de Estados Unidos durante la serie clasificatoria de los 400 metros masculions durante el segundo día de los 14º IAAF Mundiales Junior de Atletismo en el Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys de Barcelona, España el 11 de Julio del 2012.
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  • Según investigaciones antropológicas, hace miles de años el valle de valdivia fue la cuna de una nueva civilización que forjo lo que hoy es sudamérica. A pesar de ser uno de los primeros asentamientos humanos en el territorio ecuatoriano, su cultura, en el presente, se preserva en los límites de la modernidad. El trabajo agrícola, la pesca y la pequeña idustria artesanal y los saberes ancestrales, son el motor de desarrollo de esta región de la costa ecuatoriana donde su cotidianidad transcurre en creencias de mitos y leyendas como un letargo del pasado. <br />
Foto: Una hincha de Barcelona, el equipo de futbol más popular de Ecuador posa para festejar el triunfo de su equipo mientras lleva un pollo desplumado que será la cena. Adornada con una bandera gigante de su equipo favorito, la principal calle de Valdivia luce vacía mientras todos ven el futbol en los televisores de sus casas.
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